缠

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to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 㢆 sound

Components 纟㢆

wind around · Heisig RSH #2384

thread + cave + computer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
缠夹不清	chán jiā bù qīng	to muddle things together (idiom); to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
死缠烂打	sǐ chán làn dǎ	(coll.) to pester; to harass
缠头	chán tóu	embroidered headband used as decoration by actors or in Hui ethnic group; to reward an act…
缠手	chán shǒu	troublesome; hard to deal with
交缠	jiāo chán	to intertwine; to intermingle
缠身	chán shēn	(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
难缠	nán chán	(usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with
缠结	chán jié	to coil around; knot; to entangle
盘缠	pán chán	to twine; to coil
盘缠	pán chan	money for a voyage; travel expenses
缠足	chán zú	foot-binding
麻缠	má chán	to pester
纠缠不清	jiū chán bù qīng	hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel
量子纠缠	liàng zǐ jiū chán	quantum entanglement (physics)
腰缠万贯	yāo chán wàn guàn	lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money; extremely…
胡缠	hú chán	to pester; to involve sb unreasonably
缠绵不已	chán mián bù yǐ	to cling without letting go; to pester without end; to cling lovingly to each other
缠络	chán luò	to wind around; to twist and turn (of road or river)
缠夹	chán jiā	to annoy; to bother; to harass
缠丝玛瑙	chán sī mǎ nǎo	sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony)